Who Cares if Ashlee Simpson Was Caught Lip-Syncing?

Thank God the elections are over and we can get back to an issue that truly affects the American people: Ashlee Simpson caught lip-syncing on Saturday Night Live. I was getting really tired of all the 'George - Bush - closest - election - ever - whats - going - to - happen - to - abortion - rights' blah, blah, blah. Can we please get back to either trashing or defending Ashlee Simpson?

For the one or two people in the world who have not heard about this incident, Ashlee Simpson was caught lip-syncing her "live" performance on NBC's Saturday Night Live on October 23rd. She initially blamed her band but later switched her story and blamed her acid reflux disease. She was supposed to sing Autobiography, the title track of her debut album. When the music for Pieces of Me, which she had "sung" earlier in the show began, she was confused. When the vocal tracks for Pieces of Me played as well, even though she obviously wasnt singing, she had no idea what to do. She decided to do a hoedown. It is with great restraint that I do not make a joke about the ho being down, indeed.

In a letter to her fans on her website, (http://www.ashleesimpsonmusic.com), she thanks her true fans for their support and love. Her fans responding to her note on the site are not all taking her advice to do what I do and not read what people are saying on the internet. They are taking their negative comments to her very own website, despite her claims that Its the love my fans have shown me that makes me want to go back out there and continue to prove all the negative press wrong!

Here is an unedited comment to Ashlees note from a fan in its entirety. I felt that all of the kid instant-messaging abbreviations made it truly speak to me.

howdy all yalls! idk bout yall but wen i get on this website there is always someone dissin my gurl ashlee... for all of yall that do that its not our fuckin falt that yall are gelious of her. She is one of the best artist out there. And she has no control over the fact that her older sister is also a fab artist. She's just doing her thing and trying to make it work all out and from the music i can tell that she is. So all of yall people that r gelious of her just stay off the web page b/c yal are all the real ones that cant and wont do shit with yallz lifes. But neways!! i love ashlee! and ASH just keep up the work b/c your the best role model and one could ever have and take it all the way home!!

[BB]

Bless the children for being able to speak the truth in ways that adults cannot. Some of the other posts remind Ashlee to remember that God made you perfect in His sight and that people are just criticizing you because they wish they could do what you do. Others applaud her for being a strong person to be able to tell people they were wrong about something.

Other people have felt the need to tell Ashlee that she couldnt hit a high note with a baseball bat or that she is spoiled, lazy, immature, and stupid. It is still nicer than the post that calls her a DIRTY DIRTY DIRTY [insert the C-word].

Why the anger? Its not like Ashlee Simpson is the only pop star in the world to ever lip-sync. There seems to be a double standard on who can lip-sync and who cant. In America, we dont mind lip-syncing if our pop stars are dancing. In fact, we almost prefer it because we know that they would be out of breath if they sang live. Fans of the dancing pop stars dont usually go to concerts for live music - they go for the show.

Everyone knows Britney Spears lip-syncs and even she admits to singing to back-up tracks, which seems to be the industry term for lip-syncing. Seeing the way Britney dances onstage, you know there has to be something helping her. It would be physically impossible to sing while dancing so acrobatically. When Britney is dangling from the ceiling with wires or dancing provocatively with back-up dancers, we dont care if she lip-synchs. For the stand around pop stars like Simpson, we want them to be live. Its as if were saying, Youre just standing there, so you might as well sing. After seeing some really bad live performances in my life, I wish more stars would lip-sync on TV.

Personally, Im not a fan of Ashlee Simpson. I had never even heard her music before the SNL performance. I could care less about her lip-syncing, but I am amused by the people who are so angry about it. It makes me want to buy one of her CDs to get more information about her as an artist. Is this perhaps proving the old adage that there is no such thing as bad publicity, since at least some of her fans will continue to be loyal, her career is not over? She might even get a few new fans from the exposure. So Ashlee, in the official language of your fans: u r ok w/ me.

Sources:

Ashlee Simpson and That Lip-Syncing Feeling by Lisa de Moraes for The Washington Post Tuesday, October 26, 2004

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62938-2004Oct25.html

The official Ashlee Simpson website: http://www.ashleesimpsonmusic.com/

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